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NTAP-20241129-0003 — CVE-2024-38820 Spring Framework Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2024-11-29 · Updated 2026-05-08 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: LOW 3.1 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20241129-0003 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP · SnapCenter | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 3.1

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2024-38820 — LOW · CVSS 3.1 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2024-38820 — The fix for CVE-2022-22968 made disallowedFields patterns in DataBinder case insensitive. However, String.toLowerCase() has some Locale dependent exceptions that could potentially result in fields not protected as expected.

Impact

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to addition or modification of data.

Affected products

NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9
SnapCenter
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10

Official fixes

SnapCenter — vendor fix ↗

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38820 ↗

What to do

Check the affected products listed above against the official advisory's affected-versions table — that is where the exact ONTAP 9 release, ONTAP tool, or management product versions are named.
If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
Harden in parallel: security hardening baseline and ransomware protection on ONTAP.